On October 19, 2011

How to Find Funds to Launch a Franchise

Shelly Sun turned her health-staffing company, BrightStar Care, into a fast-growing franchise. But she almost ran out of cash along the way.No tags for this post.

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Dropbox Collects a Trunkful of Cash

Dropbox has completed a $250 million Series B financing -- a windfall for a company whose fundraising up until now has netted $7.2 million. The financing was led by Index Ventures. Dropbox plans to use its new

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Small Biz Resource Tip: Crash Courses From American Express

Crash Courses from American Express

Part of being a successful business owner is constantly educating yourself and perfecting your skills. But if you don’t have time to sit in a classroom, American Express has made it possible for you to…

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Mo Lam, Founder and CEO of TwoChop

He is the founder and CEO of TwoChop, a content gamification platform that takes content and turns it into games.

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A Short, Thoughtful Video on What Makes Entrepreneurship Work

The Kauffman Foundation, based in Kansas City, is a very well endowed, thoughtful, and often very useful source of research and information on entrepreneurship in America. The video here is a compelling three-minute summary of problems and opportunities. The…

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Heating Up: Jobs in the Geothermal Industry

Compared to solar and wind, geothermal energy is still a small fraction of the renewable energy market. It's holding its own, however, and it's likely to become a much bigger player in the not-so-distant future. "The resource

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Dropbox Raises $250 Million

Online storage start-up Dropbox raised $250 million for its expansion, one of the largest fundraising rounds in Silicon Valley this year.

Online storage start-up Dropbox announced it has raised $250 million for its expansion, one…

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Greek Rioters Are Right About Nation’s Need to Repudiate Debt

Hundreds of thousands are protesting an austerity plan which will cut wages while not fixing anything. If their government were working in Greece's best interest, it would listen to them.

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TechStars Winners and Losers

Six months after the first New York City Demo Day, the inaugural TechStars class officially graduated in the TechStars TV season finale last night, which recapped a series filled…